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NORBURY WHARF LIMITED

Shop front in the summer

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

cold day today

It has been bitter cold here at Norbury today, the wind has been biting and the sun has not put in an appearance all day.
We haven't been overly busy with customers so Joyce has been sorting out the shop....making everywhere look neat and tidy and serving the odd customer who has walked through the tea room door, she has also been putting items for sale on Ebay, which incidentally is going quite well, we are selling at least one item everyday ;-)
I have been getting the end of year paperwork finalised for our accountant Kate who has just returned from a 3 week jaunt in Australia (lucky her) as well as ordering more goodies for the shop for the start of our season....yes Simon I have been spending your money again..ha ha.
Simon has been sorting out prices for our new trip boat which does now have a name.....but you will have to wait until the 4th of May to find out what it is, that is aswell as being the normal pest that he is....just stick me a staple on the corner of this will you Ange.... just pass me that piece of paper that has just come out of the printer would you....oh how do I make this scanner scan....lol, we love him really.
Steve has started the internal work on Shropshire Star and engineer Simon has been working on a private job.
Our new painter Richard is cracking on with the paint job on "Quince" that is in the wet dock at the moment and Mr Handbag has been pressure washing and lots of other jobs around the yard.
David, Mrs Tupp (Denise) and Mick have been on their days off today, we really are very thin on the ground on a Wednesday.
Well thats all from me for today, sorry for the short post, not much to say at the moment, until next time....byeeee Ange.

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About us

Norbury Wharf was taken over from Anglo Welsh in 2005 by its current owners and renamed Norbury Wharf Ltd. Since then two of the original share holders have retired leaving Simon Jenkins as Managing Director and Michael Thompson as Director. The business has grown and now employees 15 staff. Staff list comprises of: Simon Jenkins as MD, Mick Thompson as Director and Engineer, David Ray as Manager, Angela Ward as Admin/Reception and bookings, Joyce as E-bay and shop assistant, Denise as Catering supervisor, Sylvia as Catering assistant, Lee as painter, Big Bernard as Engineer, Peter, Fred and Mick as Wharf Services, Will as trip boat steerer, Sandra as trip boat crew, Carol as housekeeping and not forgetting the seasonal staff who help out when its busy!

About Me

Simon Jenkins (Managing Director) - I have been involved in the canals since the 1980's and in boat building since the early 90's I have boated most of the connected waterways system, I have owned more boats than i can count, and I have lived on all sorts of boats over my time as a live aboard, I now live in a small cottage not far from Norbury I have been at Norbury since 1997 and running it since 2005.
David Ray (Manager) - I have been boating since I was born and have a passion for historic boats. I now live on a converted ex-working boat. I have been here at Norbury since 2005.